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Professor Linda Gask MB ChB MSc PhD FRCPsych FRCGP

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Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry

National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC)
5th Floor Williamson Building
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL

 

Role

  • Linda Gask is Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry jointly appointed in both psychiatry and primary care. She is the Academic Section Lead for Mental Health in the Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre.
  • Linda co-ordinates the Primary Care Mental Health Research Group and was a founder of the STORM training initiative for suicide prevention. She runs the Course in Psychiatry for GP Registrars and also works as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the Primary Care Mental Health Service in Salford. She is the Western European Zonal Representative for the World Psychiatric Association and chairs the Primary Care Network on the Executive Committee of the General and Community Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
 

Research

Linda has extensive experience in researching mental health policy and practice, with a particular focus on primary care mental health. Recent projects have been concerned with improving the quality of care for people with depression, medically unexplained symptoms, co-morbidity and management of people at risk of self-harm.

 

Biography

Linda trained in medicine at the University of Edinburgh and in psychiatry in the North West of England. She was a 2000-2001 Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy based at the Center for Health Studies in Seattle. She has also worked as a consultant for the World Health Organisation.

 

Selected publications

2011

  • Gask, L., Aseem, S., Waquas, A. & Waheed, W (2011). Isolation, feeling 'stuck' and loss of control: understanding persistence of depression in British Pakistani women. J Affect Disord, 128(1-2), 49-55. eScholarID:106317 | PMID:20633932 | DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2010.06.023

2010

  • Asher, C. & Gask, L (2010). Reasons for illicit drug use in people with schizophrenia: Qualitative study. BMC Psychiatry, 10, 94. eScholarID:106316 | PMID:21092168 | DOI:10.1186/1471-244X-10-94
  • Bee, P., Lovell, K., Lidbetter, N., Easton, K. & Gask, L (2010). You can't get anything perfect: "user perspectives on the delivery of cognitive behavioural therapy by telephone". Soc Sci Med, 71(7), 1308-15. eScholarID:106319 | PMID:20675026 | DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.06.031
  • Gask, L., Bower, P., Lovell, K., Escott, D., Archer, J., Gilbody, S., Lankshear, A., Simpson, A. & Richards, D (2010). What work has to be done to implement collaborative care for depression? Process evaluation of a trial utilizing the Normalization Process Model. Implement Sci, 5, 15. eScholarID:82454 | PMID:20181163 | DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-5-15
  • Harkness, E., Macdonald, W., Valderas, J., Coventry, P., Gask, L. & Bower, P (2010). Identifying psychosocial interventions that improve both physical and mental health in patients with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Care, 33(4), 926-30. eScholarID:82453 | PMID:20351228 | DOI:10.2337/dc09-1519
  • Kennedy, A., Chew-Graham, C., Blakeman, T., Bowen, A., Gardner, C., Protheroe, J., Rogers, A. & Gask, L (2010). Delivering the WISE (Whole Systems Informing Self-Management Engagement) training package in primary care: learning from formative evaluation. Implement Sci, 5, 7. eScholarID:82455 | PMID:20181050 | DOI:10.1186/1748-5908-5-7
  • Mead NJ, Lester HE, Chew-Graham CA, Gask LL, Bower PJ. (2010). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of befriending on depressive symptoms and distress in the community. British Journal of Psychiatry, 196, 96-101. eScholarID:1d28389 | DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.109.064089

2009

  • Peters S, Rogers AE, Salmon P, Gask LL, Dowrick C, Morriss R. (2009). What do patients choose to tell their doctors? Qualitative analysis of potential barriers for managing unexplained symptoms. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(4), 443-449. eScholarID:1d18136 | DOI:10.1007/s11606-008-0872-x
  • Peters S, Rogers AE, Salmon P, Gask LL, Dowrick C, Towey M, Clifford R, Morriss R. (2009). What do patients choose to tell their doctors? Qualitative analysis of potential barriers to reattributing medically unexplained symptoms. J Gen Intern Med, 24( 4), eScholarID:1d21280 | DOI:10.1007/s11606-008-0872-x

2008

  • Bee PE, Lovell K, Bower PJ, Gilbody S, Richards DA, Gask LL, Barnes P. (2008). Psychotherapy mediated by remote communication technologies: a meta-analytic review. BMC Psychiatry, 8: 60, eScholarID:1d15687 | DOI:10.1186/1471-244X-8-6
  • Dowrick C, Gask LL, Hughes J, Charles-Jones H, Hogg J, Peters S, Salmon P, Rogers A, Morriss R. (2008). General practitioners' views on reattribution for patients with medically unexplained symptoms: a questionnaire and qualitative study. BMC Fam Pract, 9, eScholarID:1d20868 | DOI:10.1186/1471-2296-9-46
  • Gask LL, Lever-Green G, Hays R. (2008). Dissemination and implementation of suicide prevention training in one Scottish region. BMC Health Serv Res, 8, eScholarID:1d32418 | DOI:10.1186/1472-6963-8-246
  • Richards, D, Lovell, K, Gilbody, S, Gask, LL, Torgerson, D, Barkham, M, Bland, M, Bower, PJ, Lankshear, A, Simpson, A, Fletcher, J, Escott, D, Hennessy, S, Richardson, R. (2008). Collaborative care for depression in UK primary care: a randomized controlled trial. Psychol Med, 38( 2), eScholarID:1d20605 | DOI:10.1017/S0033291707001365

2007

  • Morriss, R, Dowrick, C, Salmon, P, Peters, S, Dunn, G, Rogers, AE, Lewis, B, Charles-Jones, H, Hogg, J, Clifford, R, Rigby, C, Gask, LL. (2007). Cluster randomised controlled trial of training practices in reattribution for medically unexplained symptoms. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191, 536-542-542. eScholarID:1d28119
  • Salmon P, Peters S, Clifford R, Iredale W, Gask LL, Rogers AE, Dowrick C, Morriss R. (2007). Why do general practitioners decline training to improve management of medically unexplained symptoms? Journal of General Internal Medicine, 22, 565-571. eScholarID:1d15847
  • Salmon P, Peters S, Rogers AE, Gask LL, Clifford R, Iredale W, Dowrick C, Morriss R. (2007). Peering through the barriers in general practitioners' explanations for declining to participate in research: the role of professional autonomy and the economy of time. Family Practice, 24 (3), 269-275. eScholarID:1d15846

2006

  • Gask LL, C Dixon, R Morriss, L Appleby, G Green. (2006). Evaluating STORM skills training for managing people at risk of suicide. J Adv Nursing, 6, 739-50. eScholarID:1d33109
  • Gask LL, Ludman E, Schaefer J. (2006). Qualitative study of an intervention for depression among patients with diabetes: how can we optimize patient-professional interaction? Chronic Illn, 2( 3), 231-42. eScholarID:1d30543
  • Lester HE, Gask LL. (2006). Delivering medical care for patients with serious mental illness or promoting a collaborative model of recovery? Br J Psychiatry, 188, 510-2. eScholarID:1d30585
  • Richards D, Lankshear A, Fletcher J, Rogers AE, Barkham M, Bower Peter, Gask LL, Gilbody S, Lovell K. (2006). Developing a U.K. protocol for collaborative care: a qualitative study. Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 28( 4), eScholarID:1d20616 | DOI:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.03.005

2005

  • Del Piccolo L, Mead NJ, Gask LL, Mazzi M, Goss C, Rimondini M, Zimmermann C. (2005). The English version of the Verona medical interview classification system (VR-MICS). An assessment of its reliability and a comparative cross-cultural test of its validity. Patient Education and Counseling, 58( 3), 252-64. eScholarID:1d12991
  • Gask LL, Dixon C, May C, Dowrick C. (2005). Qualitative study of an educational intervention for GPs in the assessment and management of depression. Br J Gen Pract, 55( 520), 854-9. eScholarID:1d12990
  • Gask LL. (2005). Overt and covert barriers to the integration of primary and specialist mental health care. Soc Sci Med, 61( 8), 1785-94. eScholarID:1d12992 | DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.038
  • Kennedy AP, Gask LL, Rogers AE. (2005). Training professionals to engage with and promote self-management. Health Educ Res, 20( 5), 567-78. eScholarID:1d30030

2004

  • Campbell SM, Shield T, Rogers AE, Gask LL. (2004). How do stakeholder groups vary in a Delphi technique about primary mental health care and what factors influence their ratings? Qual Saf Health Care, 13( 6), 428-34. eScholarID:1d9312
  • Gask LL. (2004). Powerlessness, control, and complexity: the experience of family physicians in a group model HMO. Ann Fam Med, 2( 2), 150-5. eScholarID:1d29307
  • May C, Allison G, Chapple A, Chew-Graham CA, Dixon C, Gask LL, Graham R, Rogers AE, Roland M. (2004). Framing the doctor-patient relationship in chronic illness: a comparative study of general practitioners' accounts. Sociol Health Illn, 26( 2), 135-58. eScholarID:1d9314 | DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9566.2004.00384.x
  • Verhaak P, van den Brink-Muinen A, Bensing J, Gask LL. (2004). Demand and supply for psychological help in general practice in different European countries: access to primary mental health care in six European countries. Eur J Public Health, 14( 2), 134-40. eScholarID:1d29127

2003

  • Brink-Muinen,A., Verhaak,P.F.M., Bensing,J.M., Bahrs,O., Deveugele,M., Gask, LL, Mead, NJ, Leiva-Fernandes,F., Perez,A., Messerli,V., Oppizzi,L., Peltenburg,M. (2003). Communication in general practice: differences between European countries. Family Practice, 20, 4, 478-485. eScholarID:1d5880
  • Finch T, May C, Mair F, Mort M, Gask LL. (2003). Integrating service development with evaluation in telehealthcare: an ethnographic study. BMJ, 327( 7425), 1205-9. eScholarID:1d30267
  • Gask LL, Rogers AE, OliverD, MayC, Roland M. (2003). Qualitative study of patients' perceptions of the quality of care for depression in general practice. British Journal of General Practice, 53, 489, 278-283. eScholarID:1d5416
  • May C, Mort M, Williams T, Mair F, Gask LL. (2003). Health technology assessment in its local contexts: studies of telehealthcare. Soc Sci Med, 57( 4), 697-710. eScholarID:1d12993
  • Shield T, Campbell S, Rogers AE, Worrall A, Chew-Graham C, Gask LL. (2003). Quality indicators for primary care mental health services. Qual Saf Health Care, 12( 2), 100-6. eScholarID:1d30187

2002

  • Bower PJ, Gask LL. (2002). The changing nature of consultation-liaison in primary care: bridging the gap between research and practice. General Hospital Psychiatry, 24, 2, 63-70. eScholarID:1d5493
  • Gask LL, UsherwoodT. (2002). ABC of psychological medicine. The consultation.[comment]. [Review] [3 refs]. British Medical Journal, 324, 7353, 1567-1569. eScholarID:1d25117
  • MorrissR.K, Gask LL. (2002). Treatment of patients with somatized mental disorder: effects of reattribution training on outcomes under the direct control of the family doctor. Psychosomatics, 43, 5, 394-399. eScholarID:1d5888

2001

  • C May, Gask LL, T Atkinson, N Ellis, F Mair, Esmail AB. (2001). Resisting and promoting new technologies in clinical practice: the case of telepsychiatry. Social Science And Medicine, 52(12), 1889-1901. eScholarID:1d23689

2000

  • Appleby, L, Morriss R, Gask, LL, Roland, M, B Lewis, A Perry, L Battersby, N Colbert, G Green, T Amos, Davies, LM, B Faragher. (2000). An educational intervention for frontline health professionals in the assessment and management of suicidal patients (the STORM project). Psychological Medicine, 30, 805-812. eScholarID:1d23710
  • Dowrick C, Gask LL, Perry R, Dixon C, Usherwood T. (2000). Do general practitioners' attitudes towards depression predict their clinical behaviour? Psychol Med, 30( 2), 413-9. eScholarID:1d29963

1999

  • MayC.R, EllisN.T, AtkinsonT, Gask LL, MairF, SmithC. (1999). Psychiatry by videophone: a trial service in north west England. Studies in Health Technology & Informatics, 68, 207-210. eScholarID:1d6498
  • MorrissR, Gask LL, BattersbyL, FrancheschiniA, RobsonM. (1999). Teaching front-line health and voluntary workers to assess and manage suicidal patients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 52, 1-3, 77-83. eScholarID:1d6502
  • R Morriss, Gask LL, C Ronalds, E Downes-Grainger, H Thompson, D Goldberg. (1999). Clinical and patient satisfaction outcome of a new treatment for somatised mental disorder taught to general practitioners. British Journal Of General Practice, 49, 263-267. eScholarID:1d23712
  • S Rix, E Paykel, P Lelliot, A Tylee, P Freeling, Gask LL, D Hart. (1999). Impact of a national campaign on GP education: an evaluation of the Defeat Depression Campaign. British Journal Of General Practice, 49, 2, 99-102. eScholarID:1d23713
  • Brink-Muinen,A., Verhaak,P.F.M., Bensing,J.M., Bahrs,O., Deveugele,M., Gask, LL, Mead, NJ, Leiva-Fernandes,F., Perez,A., Messerli,V., Oppizzi,L., Peltenburg,M. (1999). The EuroCommunication Study: An international comparative study in six European countries on doctor-patient communication in general practice. Utrecht, The Netherlands:Nivel: Nivel. eScholarID:5d191

1998

  • Downes-GraingerE, MorrissR, Gask LL, FaragherB. (1998). Clinical factors associated with short-term changes in outcome of patients with somatized mental disorder in primary care. Psychological Medicine, 28, 3, 703-711. eScholarID:1d6493
  • Gask LL, UsherwoodT, ThompsonH, WilliamsB. (1998). Evaluation of a training package in the assessment and management of depression in primary care. Medical Education, 32, 2, 190-198. eScholarID:1d6495
  • MorrissR, Gask LL, RonaldsC, Downes-GraingerE, ThompsonH, LeeseB, GoldbergD. (1998). Cost-effectiveness of a new treatment for somatized mental disorder taught to GPs. Family Practice, 15, 2, 119-125. eScholarID:1d6494

1997

  • Gask LL, Sibbald BS, Creed F. (1997). Evaluating models of working at the interface between mental health services and primary care. Br J Psychiatry, 170, 6-11. eScholarID:1d30818
  • Gask LL. (1997). Listening to patients. Br J Psychiatry, 171, 301-2. eScholarID:1d29962

1995

  • Mathers N, Gask LL. (1995). Surviving the 'heartsink' experience. Fam Pract, 12( 2), 176-83. eScholarID:1d29964

1992

  • Kaaya S, Goldberg D, Gask LL. (1992). Management of somatic presentations of psychiatric illness in general medical settings: evaluation of a new training course for general practitioners. Med Educ, 26( 2), 138-44. eScholarID:1d30819
  • Kisely S, Faragher B, Gask LL, Goldberg D. (1992). Measuring psychiatric disorder in the recent past: the use of the Psychiatric Assessment Schedule retrospectively. Psychol Med, 22( 2), 457-63. eScholarID:1d30132

1989

  • Gask LL, McGrath G. (1989). Psychotherapy and general practice. Br J Psychiatry, 154, 445-53. eScholarID:1d30332
  • Goldberg D, Gask LL, O'Dowd T. (1989). The treatment of somatization: teaching techniques of reattribution. J Psychosom Res, 33( 6), 689-95. eScholarID:1d30333

1988

  • Gask LL, Goldberg D, Lesser A, Millar T. (1988). Improving the psychiatric skills of the general practice trainee: an evaluation of a group training course. Med Educ, 22( 2), 132-8. eScholarID:1d30378

1987

  • Gask LL, McGrath G, Goldberg D, Millar T. (1987). Improving the psychiatric skills of established general practitioners: evaluation of group teaching. Med Educ, 21( 4), 362-8. eScholarID:1d31497

1986

  • Gask LL. (1986). What happens when psychiatric out-patients are seen once only? Br J Psychiatry, 148, 663-6. eScholarID:1d30379

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